Releasing April 2 and 4, 2008
AWFJ highlights films made by and about women:
Wednesday, April 2
- The Flight of The Red Balloon – IFC Releasing, 113 min
Friday, April 4
- American Zombie – Mockumentary directed by documentary filmmaker Grace Lee and co-written by Lee and Rebecca Sonneshine
- Jellyfish – Written and co-directed by Israeli actress-turned-filmmaker Shira Geffen
- Leatherheads – Universal Pictures, 114min
- My Blueberry Nights – The Weinstein Company, 111min
- Nana – Japanese film about two young women named Nana: One is a rebellious pop singer, while the other embraces more traditional values and always puts her boyfriend’s needs first. It’s adapted from a popular houjo manga – comics aimed specifically at an audience of teenagers and young women – and was a huge hit in Japan.
- Nim’s Island – 20th Century Fox, 95min – Based on the popular children’s book by Wendy Orr, about a self-reliant girl living with her scientist father on an uncharted island; co-directed and –written by Jennifer Flackett and co-written by Paula Mazur
- The Ruins – Paramount Pictures
- Meet Bill – First Look Pictures, 92min
- Sex & Death 101
- Shine a Light – Paramount Vantage, 122min
- Tuya’s Marriage – Award-winning drama about a Mongolian shepherd whose crippled husband encourages her to improve her life and that of their children by divorcing him and finding an able-bodied husband.
- Water Lilies – Coming of age drama about three adolescent French girls, written and directed by Céline Sciamma